Ecological Archives E089-022-A3

Richard J. Handley, Thomas Steinger, Urs A. Treier, and Heinz Müller-Schärer. 2008. Testing the evolution of increased competitive ability (EICA) hypothesis in a novel framework. Ecology 89:407–417.

Appendix C. A summary of hierarchical analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) for 249 Senecio vulgaris individuals reprsenting 24 populations from three regions: North America, Europe (Switzerland), and Australia.

TABLE C1. Summary of hierarchical analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) for 249 Senecio vulgaris individuals representing 24 populations from three regions: North America, Europe (Switzerland), and Australia. The analysis is based on 143 polymorphic AFLP markers. Levels of significance are based on 10000 iteration steps.

 

Variance components

Source of variation

df

VC

%

P

Among region

  2

 0.66

6.43

< 0.001

Among population within region

 21

 1.83

 17.80

< 0.001

Within population

225

 7.73

 75.67

< 0.001

Total     

248

10.22

100

 



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